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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
2
A brief entry shows a payment of five dollars for mail transmission as second class matter at the Elko post office. It records the processing fee and confirms the mailing status within postal records.
Elko Nevada June 5 1917 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners shows bills approved in Officers Salary Fund for H J Jones J G Gregory and Fred C Voight and several others. High and Game Preservation Fund includes Oliver Fee. General County Fund lists multiple salaries. continued on page four with estate notice. In the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District Nevada Elko county estate of David Lindsay deceased administrator with will annexed appointed June 18 1917 warns all creditors to file claims within three months from first publication. first publication June 19 1917 last July 19 1917.
Clar Ence R Kleckner of Lee Elko County Nevada filed for final three year proof to establish a homestead claim on EY SW4 lots 3 4 section 15 township 31 N range 57 E Mt Diablo, witnesses Charles H Kleckner Burton Stoddart Hansford Bolton Charles Sims. John E Robbins, Register. First publication June 6 1917. Last publication July 6 1927.
In the US District Court Ninth Circuit Nevada Joseph Gutman et al v Pacific Reclamation Co final report and discharge petition filed by receiver Cole L Harwood. a hearing is ordered July 19 1917 at 10 a.m. to determine payment of funds and related petitions. Notice to unresolved claimants including Columbia Knickerbocker Trust Co P J Moran J W Woolf A J Neilson to be served by attorneys or personally by registered mail as specified.
The document records hearings set by the Elko District Court with Clerk notices to all parties by publication in the Elko Daily Independent. It lists executor Julius John Altube for Bernardo Altube estate and creditors to file claims within three months. It also covers land patent notices for Claude L. Womack Mountain City homestead and final three year proof requirements with witnesses named.
Eva Phipps of Charleston Elko County Nevada applies to the State Engineer for permission to appropriate public waters from Bruneau River. The plan uses a dam and ditch to convey water for irrigation and domestic use from April 15 to October 15 annually. Water not to be returned to stream J G Scrugham State Engineer notices first published May 29 1917 last June 29 1917.
The Land Office at Elko Nevada issues notices for DAVE KUNZ SK of Mountain City Nevada and DAVE KUNZ JR of Mountain City Nevada. They filed Carson City homestead applications 05222 and 8221 respectively under acts of 1906 1916 and 1901 1906. Writings describe surveys 107 and 92 and list witnesses Louis Wells Hugo Schlag Burton Jarvis and others with filings dated May 26 1917 to June 26 1917.
A combined public notice lists an irrigation project for Ethel L. Carter in Elko County and a divorce action involving Lulu Belle Hurley and Charles Webster Hurley. The irrigation item describes dam construction, water rights, and seasonal use from April to October, with state engineer signatures and publication dates June 18 and July 18, 1917. The divorce case, filed in the Fourth Judicial District, seeks dissolution of marriage and custody of a child, summons issued to the defendant with standard response timelines.
Public notices list Louis G Wells mountain city Nevada filing for 146.52 acres in Mount Diablo meridian and a three year proof on July 18 1917 along with an 1917 application by Bred J Tyler Valmy Humboldt Nevada for water rights from Milligans Creek Dam and reservoir approved by the State Engineer with canal conveyance to parcels in sections 6 18 19 30 31 and adjacent tracts.
Public notice details a water appropriation for irrigation stock and domestic uses from April 1 to October 1 each year. Water not to be returned to stream. J. G. Schugham, State Engineer. First published May 24, 1917. Last published June 24, 1917.
Multiple notices from Elko and Carson City land offices dated May 1917 reveal final proof intentions for desert land and homestead claims. Names include Sam Uel T Wines and Rafael Figueras with witnesses listed. filings span sections in townships 30 North Range 59 East and 46 North Range 55 East. One water appropriation application requests permission to divert Chimney Creek and Springa for irrigation.
PRANK J LANDON of Loo Elko County Nevada filed a homestead in 1914 for southwest quarter section 4 town 3L north range 66 east Mt Diablo Meridian. He will appear as claimant before the U S Land Office in Ely Nevada June 26 1917. Witnesses: Charion A Drown John H White Scott Griswold George H Clayton. First publication May 22 1917. Last publication June 22 1917.
Nevada Land and Livestock Co warns that hunting plowing and shooting are strictly prohibited on all four ranches Marys River and Seventy One ranches. Trespassers will be prosecuted according to law.
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